diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index e7b429c05d..29e0abafd3 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ that your email address is probably `user@example.com` rather than
 System requirements:
 
 - POSIX-compliant system (tested on Linux & OS X)
-- Python 3.5, 3.6, or 3.7
+- Python 3.5, 3.6, 3.7 or 3.8.
 - At least 1GB of free RAM if you want to join large public rooms like #matrix:matrix.org
 
 Synapse is written in Python but some of the libraries it uses are written in
diff --git a/changelog.d/6341.misc b/changelog.d/6341.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..359b9bf1d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6341.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add continuous integration for python 3.8.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index afe9bc909b..62b350ea6a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = packaging, py35, py36, py37, check_codestyle, check_isort
+envlist = packaging, py35, py36, py37, py38, check_codestyle, check_isort
 
 [base]
 basepython = python3.7